…Awesome. I was gonna go with “pickled anomalocaris”, but I couldn’t remember off the top of my head what the plural was, and more people have heard of trilobites anyway. Which is terrible, because anomalocarids were some of the coolest things that ever existed.

Granted, this is a humour comic and all, but I’m a little surprised at all the “stupid kids deserved to be kidnapped” comments. They’re kids. And kidnapping is a crime regardless of the intelligence of the victim.

I have to agree, Michael. If anyone should be blamed(other than the kidnappers, of course) it’s the parents. If you know your kid is either that stupid or that young, then you are responsible for watching them, or at least making certain they are watched. Note that I am not in favor of the overprotective coddling that many parents practice; I’m just saying that you need to know what level of supervision your kids need.

If it is a Magic burlap sack of holding and child ensnaring, with optional parental/guardian distraction field, then the blame falls entirely on the kidnappers, and the parents can be excused =)

Also, why did all of the boys want a tiara? Is the goal of the game to pick the pretty, pretty princess? I find it funny that it was the girl who was smart enough not to fall for it.

Unfortunately, most parents back in the dark ages/medieval period were less than attentive and left the raising of children to servants. Often resentful and/or neglectful servants. Hmmm….I wouldn’t be surprised if the pirates had paid one of them to “look the other way”.
Subject change: I don’t see Bandit anywhere. Quick, check the silverware! (That could be a new motto.)

Given that most of the animosity in the comic world seems to be directed at non-humans, and the whole world is hovering (apparently) around a medieval level of development, it’s not a far stretch to imagine children believing that human strangers who seem nice and are offering gifts would take the statement at face value.

Also/alternately, the stupidity is intentional to enhance the comedy. I, for one, lol’d.

Also, I’d like to say I feel huge affection for one character in particular, but they’re all just so fantastic. Byron is perhaps my favorite (though I swear the next game I DM is going to have an Expy of Frigg in it somewhere).

How did the kidnappers carry a sack filled with all the little boys? And what counts as little? Are there, like, ten year olds in there?

I mean, are Our Heroes, and also Payet, going to be chasing after thieves who blend right in and are carrying a wee sack o’ holding, or is there going to be a hilarious if brief chase of two burly guys staggering along the main street, griping about how children are heavy?

That’s nothing. My family was so into that game I was born in a burlap sack. I’ll never forget my shock and disorientation at seeing the sky, trees, streets and buildings for the first time when I entered kindergarten.

“Homer doesn’t begin the Trojan War with Leda’s twin eggs: he always rushes toward the outcome, and he carries the listener along with him into the middle of things, just as if they were familiar.”
â€” Horace

These kids look to be about 5-6 years of age. That age believes everything, unless they’ve been taught not to trust. Most of them from privileged homes haven’t. Also, this is the strangest kidnapping ever.

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